WASHINGTON – A lengthy Senate investigation has debunked charges by a Republican congressman that military analysts identified Mohamed Atta and other hijackers before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to a committee aide familiar with the report.
In a letter to members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sens. Pat Roberts and John Rockefeller dismissed suggestions by Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., that defense analysts ignored analysis that could have prevented the attacks. Roberts, R-Kan., is outgoing chairman and Rockefeller, of West Virginia, is the senior Democrat who will assume the chairmanship next month.
They concluded “there was no evidence Mohamed Atta or any hijackers were identified prior to 9/11,” said the committee aide.
An internal Pentagon assessment already had dismissed Weldon’s charges as unfounded.
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